Wallace jordan



- Patented luly l9, I898;

W. JORDAN.

I BOARD CLAMP.

(Application filed May 7, 1896.)

(No Model.)

.M W a 5 NITED TA'IES ATEN'I FFICE.

\VALLAGE JORDAN, OF EMERALD, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO S. E.LINDIFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

BOARD-CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 607,567, dated July 19,1898. Application filed May 7, 1896. Serial No. 590,575. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: at a right angle, the end of said armhaving Be it known that I, WALLACE JORDAN, rea hole B, in which is fixeda link 0, which 55 siding at Emerald, in the county of St. Croixconnects the arm B with a ring or ferrule D, and State of IVisconsin,have invented a new said ring or ferrule having an eye D, to which anduseful Board-Clamp, of which the followthe link is attached.

ing is a specification. Now in operation the grip member A is Thisinvention is an improved device for placed upon the rear edge of eitherof the 60 use in straightening boards prior to nailing studs or posts F,G, or II and a lever E placed them to studding or posts. in the ring orferrule D. The lever is then It is a common thing for boards to warp orplaced across the top edge of the board to be bend between the ends, andwhen said boards straightened and pressure applied to the outer v areused it is necessary to either saw the board end, and as the grip A isarranged below the 65 into pieces or employ a clamp to straighten it.top edge of said board it is clear that said The clamps for this purposeare expensive and board will be brought straight with the other I 5require considerable time to operate them. boards, as the membcrA gripsthe stud or post The object of my invention is to provide a tightly, andthereby prevents the rear end of reversible clamp which can be quicklyand the lever from rising. After the board has 7o easily applied tostudding or posts on either been straightened at one stud or post it canside and operated to force the board to a be instantly detached andplaced upon anstraight line prior to nailing, said clamp beother; if sodesired.

ing simple and cheap in construction, small It will be readily apparentthat the clamp enough to be carried in the tool-chest, and may beengaged on the post to bring the ring 75 easily operated by unskilledlaborers, obviat- D on either side thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, ing theexpense of a skilled mechanic to opthe clamp 011 post F being arrangedto bring crate it; the ring D on the right-hand side and that Anotherobject is to provide a clamp which on post G to bring the ring on theleft-hand can be operated with one hand while the other side. It will befurther obvious that the han- 80 is used for nailing, and which willentirely dle may be so placed in the ring as to permit avoid thenecessity of providing screws or of its use from either side of thefence, as

bolts for adjusting it. illustrated in Fig. 1.

WVith these objects in View my invention Having thus fully described myinvention, consists in the peculiar construction of the what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by 85 various parts and in their novelcombination Letters Patent of the United States, is and arrangement, allof which will be fully A board-clamping device, comprising a 3 5described hereinafter and pointed out inthe clamping member, A, formedof thesides A claim. and A and end A the side A being longer In thedrawings forming apart of this specithan the side A and having near itsend a 90 fication, Figure 1 is a perspective view illuslaterallyprojecting arm provided with an trating the invention in use, showinghow it. aperture near its end, a ferrule, provided may be applied foruse on either side of a post. with an eye and adapted to receive anoper- Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the clamp ating-lever, alink, loosely connecting the eye detached, with the handle removed. Fig.3 is of the ferrule and laterally-projecting arm, 95 a sectional view onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1, whereby the clamping member can be relooking inthe direction of the arrow. versed to bring the operating-lever oneither In carrying out my invention I employ a side of the stud or postand the device used gripping memberA,which is made in the form with theoperating-lever parallel with or at of three sides of an open square orrectangle right angles to the clamping member, sub- I00 and comprisesthe sides A A and back A stantially as shown and described. said sidesand back having considerable depth and thickness in order to secure afirm grip WALLACE J and strengthen the member. The side A is Witnesses:made somewhat longer than the side A and W. A. SUTHERLAND, has an arm Bprojecting laterally therefrom WVILLIAM LOURIE.

